# Rowing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Rowing competitions at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro were held from 9 to 11 September 2016, at Lagoa Stadium at the Games' Copacabana hub.

## Classification

Rowers are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows rowers to compete against others with a similar level of function.
The three rowing classes are:
* LTA (Legs, Trunk and Arms) - Mixed coxed fours
* TA (Trunk and Arms) - Mixed double sculls
* AS (Arms and shoulders) - Men's and women's singles

## Events

Four rowing events are scheduled to be held, each over a course of 1000 metres:
* Men's single sculls AS
* Women's single sculls AS
* Mixed double sculls TA
* Mixed four coxed LTA

## Qualification

Ninety-six athletes (48 male, 48 female) are expected to take part in this sport.
The majority of the spots were awarded based on the results at the 2015 World Rowing Championships, held at Lac d'Aiguebelette, France from August 30 to September 6, 2015. Places are awarded to National Olympic Committees, not to specific athletes. Further berths are distributed at the final Paralympic qualification regatta in Gavirate, Italy. A minimum of two places were held over for the host, Brazil, one rower of each gender. In the event, however, Brazil qualified that minimum number via the World Championships, and the host nation places were therefore added to the Bipartite commission quota distribution. Russia have now been excluded from the 2016 Paralympics, and Germany and USA, as the fastest non-qualifiers in AS M1x and TA X2x respectively, will take Russia's place in those events.
Qualifiers for the Paralympic Games 2016 - Rowing :
| Qualification Event | AS M1x | AS W1x | TA X2x | LTA X4+ |
| 2015 World Rowing Championships Lucerne, Switzerland (Top 8 boats per event - 64 athletes) | Australia Great Britain Ukraine Russia United States Netherlands Brazil Italy | Israel Great Britain Norway Brazil Belarus Italy South Africa United States | Australia Great Britain France Ukraine Netherlands Poland Brazil Israel | Great Britain United States Canada Italy South Africa Ukraine Germany France |
| 2016 Final Paralympic Regatta Gavirate, Italy (Top 2 boats per event - 16 athletes) | China South Korea Germany | China South Korea | China Russia United States | Australia China |
| Host Nation Quotas | — | — | — | — |
| Bipartite Commission quotas (8 male, 8 female rowers - 16 athletes) | Lithuania Kenya | Hungary Argentina | Japan Latvia | Austria Zimbabwe |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's single sculls details | Roman Polianskyi Ukraine | Erik Horrie Australia | Tom Aggar Great Britain |
| Women's single sculls details | Rachel Morris Great Britain | Wang Lili China | Moran Samuel Israel |
| Mixed double sculls details | Great Britain (GBR) Lauren Rowles Laurence Whiteley | China (CHN) Liu Shuang Fei Tianming | France (FRA) Perle Bouge Stéphane Tardieu |
| Mixed coxed four details | Great Britain (GBR) Grace Clough Daniel Brown Pam Relph James Fox Oliver James | United States (USA) Jaclyn Smith Danielle Hansen Zachary Burns Dorian Weber Jennifer Sichel | Canada (CAN) Victoria Nolan Meghan Montgomery Andrew Todd Curtis Halladay Kristen Kit |